Johnny Coli Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 This reminds me of the beer commercials with the lizard and the ferret. 360604[/snapback] Everything reminds you of beer and ferrets.
Ghost of BiB Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 Everything reminds you of beer and ferrets. 360606[/snapback] No, that was "fear of parrots" They whisper to me through the walls.... If you listened closer to the voices from the washing machine you'd know that.
beausox Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 In other words, your opinion on flag burning is "I can quote Hume, who never said anything about it, therefore it's not worthy of discussing, even though I'm discussing it..." Uhhhh...right. What the hell's wrong with you? Most people, in the absence of original thought, would borrow opinions from other people. You admit to consciously choosing to borrow from someone who you admit never expressed an opinion on it. My God, man...you're so friggin' stupid, you can't even plagirize correctly! 360554[/snapback] How can one plagiarize that which they credit? I could have mis-interpreted or mis-paraphrased Hume ( in which case you certainly would not know) but I did not steal his words only his idea in a general sense. If you feel challenged retreat to the safety of the front porch.
Alaska Darin Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 Did that help at all, AD? 360597[/snapback] You obviously do live around Boston. I question your sanity.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 How can one plagiarize that which they credit? I could have mis-interpreted or mis-paraphrased Hume ( in which case you certainly would not know) but I did not steal his words only his idea in a general sense. If you feel challenged retreat to the safety of the front porch. 360622[/snapback] Of course you didn't steal his words...you fully admit that he never said anything on the subject!!! What the hell was there to steal? "I didn't plagirize, because I credited a guy with not saying something he didn't say in support of my point." Holy !@#$, you're an idiot.
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Anybody know this one? What is the proper way to dispose of a flag, a worn, tatter, unusable flag? It is actually disrespectful to fly or display such a flag in normal situations. I think it is... Burn it? Kinda ironic that burning it in protest gets people all in a lather when the actual "death" of it is the only way to repsectfully dispose of it? The big thing is what constitutes protest? "Gee officer, I was only disposing my flag properly when Mrs. Smith next door called in the complaint."
Ghost of BiB Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Anybody know this one? What is the proper way to dispose of a flag, a worn, tatter, unusable flag? It is actually disrespectful to fly or display such a flag in normal situations. I think it is... Burn it? Kinda ironic that burning it in protest gets people all in a lather when the actual "death" of it is the only way to repsectfully dispose of it? The big thing is what constitutes protest? "Gee officer, I was only disposing my flag properly when Mrs. Smith next door called in the complaint." 360806[/snapback] Early shift?
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Early shift? 360808[/snapback] Ya... Just started this morning, will run through next Thursday (0800). I am on a 6 week swing with 3 weeks of days, then afternoons and midnights... I like the break, get to spend 3 weeks home with the kids! The downside: As this week progresses, my posts will get crazier! I can't believe I wasted 15 years of my life doing this... Then again, there is TSW! My boss is in Iraq helping out (second time). The joke around here is will he come back fatter than when he left?
Ghost of BiB Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Ya... Just started this morning, will run through next Thursday (0800). I am on a 6 week swing with 3 weeks of days, then afternoons and midnights... I like the break, get to spend 3 weeks home with the kids! The downside: As this week progresses, my posts will get crazier! I can't believe I wasted 15 years of my life doing this... Then again, there is TSW! My boss is in Iraq helping out (second time). The joke around here is will he come back fatter than when he left? 360810[/snapback] That's not the easiest thing to do there...but I guess it's possible. Where's he at?
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 That's not the easiest thing to do there...but I guess it's possible. Where's he at? 360813[/snapback] I wanna say the "Green Zone" in Baghdad, not sure if that changed? Last time he spent a lot of time on base. He is doing inspection work. There is another joke around here... We call it the "I am so effing safe, I mine as well be home zone!" Anyway, his supervisor was at the the Baghdad Hotel when they took that explosion some time ago... He wanted to get stateside ASAP, and he did. Later, when my supervisor pulled a soft gig... The others found out and went back!... I guess word gets around? My luck, they'd have me fending off a group of trucks with a can of tomato soup!
Ghost of BiB Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 I wanna say the "Green Zone" in Baghdad, not sure if that changed? Last time he spent a lot of time on base. He is doing inspection work. There is another joke around here... We call it the "I am so effing safe, I mine as well be home zone!" Anyway, his supervisor was at the the Baghdad Hotel when they took that explosion some time ago... He wanted to get stateside ASAP, and he did. Later, when my supervisor pulled a soft gig... The others found out and went back!... I guess word gets around? My luck, they'd have me fending off a group of trucks with a can of tomato soup! 360823[/snapback] I'm pretty sure my next trip that way will be to Jordan. Now that the WMD thingy has made everyone look really stupid, I hopefully won't be seeing Iraq again anytime soon.
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 I'm pretty sure my next trip that way will be to Jordan. Now that the WMD thingy has made everyone look really stupid, I hopefully won't be seeing Iraq again anytime soon. 360825[/snapback] In all honesty, I wouldn't mind going there... Some say it is crazy, some not bad... I would want to help out if I could and see things for myself. This might sound selfish, I really don't think it is. Right now in my life I have two small kids that need me home doing my job here. I do appreciate (doesn't always sound like it) all the work our troops and civilians are doing there. 10 years ago or 10 years in the future, it would be in the cards for me. Rumor has it with this new NSPS system they might actually force you to go there if you are a federal defense employee... Not necessarily true but, new hires???
Ghost of BiB Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 In all honesty, I wouldn't mind going there... Some say it is crazy, some not bad... I would want to help out if I could and see things for myself. This might sound selfish, I really don't think it is. Right now in my life I have two small kids that need me home doing my job here. I do appreciate (doesn't always sound like it) all the work our troops and civilians are doing there. 10 years ago or 10 years in the future, it would be in the cards for me. Rumor has it with this new NSPS system they might actually force you to go there if you are a federal defense employee... Not necessarily true but, new hires??? 360830[/snapback] As far as I know, most of the NSPS is just that, still rumor. Still being negotiated behind closed doors. Just about everyone at my agency, though, is deployable. Shots, weapons qual, the whole nine yards. We always have several civilians in country at any given time doing what amounts to vulnerability studies on installations and what not. We actually have a lot of people all over the world doing some interesting things. 50% are GS or Contractor. So, i'm thinking that's all part of the job description when you sign on. I really don't know. I'm a contractor, so the NSPS doesn't affect me. I've been thinking of going CS in the future though, there are some things going on that will create several new GS14 slots where I work, so I should probably learn more about it. With the COLA they hand out for DC, a 14 makes some pretty good money, and you don't have to worry about recompetes every few years.
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 As far as I know, most of the NSPS is just that, still rumor. Still being negotiated behind closed doors. Just about everyone at my agency, though, is deployable. Shots, weapons qual, the whole nine yards. We always have several civilians in country at any given time doing what amounts to vulnerability studies on installations and what not. We actually have a lot of people all over the world doing some interesting things. 50% are GS or Contractor. So, i'm thinking that's all part of the job description when you sign on. I really don't know. I'm a contractor, so the NSPS doesn't affect me. I've been thinking of going CS in the future though, there are some things going on that will create several new GS14 slots where I work, so I should probably learn more about it. With the COLA they hand out for DC, a 14 makes some pretty good money, and you don't have to worry about recompetes every few years. 360835[/snapback] Exactly. What is going on here is the opposite. Federal jobs are being competed out/competitive outsourcing initiative... Mine won't start for about a year and the process will drag out through the A-76 for about another 18-36 months. A lot are bitter about it and fear getting contracted out. I don't look at it that way. It isn't really a done deal. There WILL be change and I look FORWARD to it. If it means working with a contractor, that's okay. I have been preparing myself for years now and would be nicely set if I choose to not work here or work with a contractor. I view it as one door closing, another opening! Who knows what the future will bring? I am glad I thought about my financial independence along time ago!
Alaska Darin Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Exactly. What is going on here is the opposite. Federal jobs are being competed out/competitive outsourcing initiative... Mine won't start for about a year and the process will drag out through the A-76 for about another 18-36 months. A lot are bitter about it and fear getting contracted out. I don't look at it that way. It isn't really a done deal. There WILL be change and I look FORWARD to it. If it means working with a contractor, that's okay. I have been preparing myself for years now and would be nicely set if I choose to not work here or work with a contractor. I view it as one door closing, another opening! Who knows what the future will bring? I am glad I thought about my financial independence along time ago! 360840[/snapback] They shouldn't worry. The government hasn't met an A-76 they couldn't win by not having to play by the same rules they hold the companies who respond to it to. The entire process is pretty much a crock and totally stacked in their favor. It takes a really incompetent group for the gov to lose.
beausox Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Of course you didn't steal his words...you fully admit that he never said anything on the subject!!! What the hell was there to steal? "I didn't plagirize, because I credited a guy with not saying something he didn't say in support of my point." Holy !@#$, you're an idiot. 360657[/snapback] Look, I realize this is wasted on you but just maybe....Anyway Hume was of the "We hold these truths to be self-evident " crowd. As i stated he would never have conceived of such a thing as flag burning and he said that some things are needed to be ignored. I mentioned marriage and he cited marriage because it was something so self evident that it need not defense- to which list I could add the abysmal ignorance of simmians.
Alaska Darin Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 to which list I could add the abysmal ignorance of simmians. 361082[/snapback] Food for thought: If you're trying to show intellectual superiority, don't misspell "simians."
Reuben Gant Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Food for thought: If you're trying to show intellectual superiority, don't misspell "simians." 361110[/snapback]
/dev/null Posted June 17, 2005 Posted June 17, 2005 Food for thought: If you're trying to show intellectual superiority, don't misspell "simians." 361110[/snapback] HotPockets® for thought
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 18, 2005 Posted June 18, 2005 Look, I realize this is wasted on you but just maybe....Anyway Hume was of the "We hold these truths to be self-evident " crowd. As i stated he would never have conceived of such a thing as flag burning and he said that some things are needed to be ignored. I mentioned marriage and he cited marriage because it was something so self evident that it need not defense- to which list I could add the abysmal ignorance of simmians. 361082[/snapback] Yes, just what I said...Hume never said anything about flag burning, so you quoted him in support of your views...which would have been far more effective if he'd said something about flag burning for you to quote. And since he didn't, your argument goes something like "He ignored it, but since he didn't ignore marriage, he obviously things flag burning should be illegal because he couldn't conceive of it." That might make sense on your home planet, but here on earth we've achieved a higher level of thinking called 'reason' - which says, among other things, that fiction and non-fiction are not the same thing, and you can't quote someone who hasn't said anything!!! And "Some things are needed to be ignored"??? Did you learn English from a pack of wolves or something? That structure makes no friggin' sense whatsoever.
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